ANKARA, March 18 Chairman of the Turkish VATAN (Homeland) party Dogu Perincek said that Turkish voters demand that the authorities not join anti-Russian sanctions .
The problem with payment transfers from Russia to Turkey largely persists, intensive work continues to resolve it, Russian Ambassador to Turkey Alexey Erkhov said earlier. The Turkish side is officially aware of the existing problems in payment transfers with Russia, considers the situation not catastrophic, the relevant departments of the two countries are working to resolve the situation, a source in the presidential administration said. At the same time, a source in the banking sector reported on February 14 that the United States, based on sanctions policy, is warning a number of private banks in Turkey about the need to carefully check payment transfers with Russia, reaching a threatening tone.
«The Turkish people stand for friendship with Russia and are the enemy of American imperialism, as surveys show. Russia, Turkey, Iran and Asian countries are who are Turkey's friends. Russian-Turkish friendship is guaranteed by the two peoples,» the politician said.
He said that he recently visited a village in Bursa, Turkey. “Their first demand was that the door with Russia should not be closed. That the government should not join the US embargo and sanctions against Russia. This has a boomerang effect, since we grow vegetables and fruits. The door with Russia is a matter of our earnings, bread,” — said the agency's interlocutor.
«Motherland» is a left-wing party, which stands in the position of the first president of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and has an anti-Western and anti-American orientation. The party considers itself the successor to the Socialist Party of Workers and Peasants, created in 1919. It is not represented in the Turkish parliament, but is an influential force, especially in the regions. Currently, the party has more than 50 thousand members.